tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post114269700341675982..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Making fun of other faiths, making fun of mine.Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1142814275652177422006-03-19T19:24:00.000-05:002006-03-19T19:24:00.000-05:00Responses to Psyton:1. Trey Parker and Matt Stone...Responses to Psyton:<BR/><BR/>1. Trey Parker and Matt Stone can still be cool guys even if South Park has jumped the shark. The two things have nothing to do with one another. My favorite comedy show right now is Boston Legal. It too will eventually jump the Shark. BL manages to do a lot of original things even with some old situations, but eventually the writers will run out of ideas and start using stale ones. James Spader, William Shatner and Candace Bergan will still be cool people themselves even if their show gets lame. <BR/><BR/>Trey Parker and Matt Stone can run out of original things for foul mouthed forth graders to say and do yet still have good responses to Isaac Hayes.<BR/><BR/>Also, they apparently have done an episode where the Scientologists decide that Stan is the reincarnation of their forgotten leader or some such. <BR/><BR/>This means that <BR/><BR/>a. They are ripping off the "weird religion decides that some wildly improbable child is their next great leader" plot from King of the Hill. <BR/><BR/>b. They are making fun of scientology, which is so ridiculous that it more or less parodies itself. <BR/><BR/>When you go from skewering non-obvious, interesting things to skewer, to skewering obvious things, there's a good chance you've jumped the skark. <BR/><BR/><BR/>2. I did indeed oversimplify my feelings on Margaret Cho. Indeed, the parts of "I'm the one that I want" where she told her story about "All American Girl" and her Hollywood experiences were pretty funny and very interesting. I admitted that much when I saw it. <BR/><BR/>Another thing I don't like is that she is one of those comedians who thinks that if you repeat something seventeen times, it gets funnier. If I never here a sentence that begins "My name is Gwen and I'm here to..." again, my life will be the better for it. I'm aware that some people like to hear things repeated over and over. I've never understood it. <BR/><BR/>Watched a bit of Notorius CHO at my friend Chris' house and we ended up turning it off. Political rants, really aren't my thing. He commented at the time that she must have run out of sex jokes. <BR/><BR/>I wish I liked her more as my gay guy friends other than Chris think she's great, but she just doesn't do it for me. <BR/><BR/>(I did consider "I have such a weight problem" and "the only men who want to hang out with me are gay" as facets of 2)<BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1142756030634346892006-03-19T03:13:00.000-05:002006-03-19T03:13:00.000-05:00Random factoid: One of the voices of the Simpsons ...Random factoid: One of the voices of the Simpsons is a Scientologist. But her sister is a UU DRE. <BR/><BR/>My favorite UU joke in the whole world:<BR/><BR/>A UU man dies and sees the white mist in front of him. He enters the mist and eventually comes out onto a road. He walks until he comes he comes to a fork in the road, where there are two signs. The first sign says "Heaven" with an arrow pointing one way. The second sign says, " Discussion about Heaven" with an arrow pointing the opposite way.<BR/><BR/>He goes to the Discussion about Heaven.LaReinaCobrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554970165949410961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1142745259300597272006-03-19T00:14:00.000-05:002006-03-19T00:14:00.000-05:00I've got one. It's one of my favorites:The childr...I've got one. It's one of my favorites:<BR/><BR/>The children in a UU church school class were drawing pictures. The teacher asked one, "What are you drawing a picture of?" "I'm drawing a picture of God," was the reply. "But nobody knows what God looks like," objected the teacher. "They will," said the UU child, "when I get my picture done."<BR/><BR/>(p.s. not stalking you, Christine. I think we just follow the same UU blogs.)Lizard Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506056116023122414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1142701378203766652006-03-18T12:02:00.000-05:002006-03-18T12:02:00.000-05:00I'm trying to think if I know of any UU jokes that...I'm trying to think if I know of any UU jokes that are not of the "yes, we have no religion," variety. Which I can't. <BR/><BR/>The problem with our jokes may be the same as with our elevator speeches; What seems like expansive religion to us seems like no religion to others.Christine Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622244158872449noreply@blogger.com